Valentin Serov

Портрет писателя Л. Н. Андреева

1908

Dating

Exact year

Held at

State Russian Museum

Medium

print

Attribution

By the artist

Image rights

Public domain (WikiArt label)License details

Valentin Serov. Портрет писателя Л. Н. Андреева. Image source: WikiArt. Source rights label: Public domain. https://www.wikiart.org/en/valentin-serov/portrait-of-l-n-andreev-1907. Collected under the user's explicit WikiArt source approval of 6 October 2026; this approval is separate from the source's rights assertion. Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression. WikiArt records 1907; the existing catalogue retains 1908. Exact source object and creator IDs match; both recorded intervals are within the pre-1971 scope. No catalogue dates were rewritten. Matching head-only lithographic design Гр.-44088: parted wavy hair, downward glance to the right, doubled contour at the left hair, moustache, forked beard and broken neckline agree in individual strokes. Native greenish paper is oval; the source is a rectangular monochrome close reproduction without that oval sheet. WikiArt dates the design 1907, while the museum/catalogue dates this lithograph 1908; preserve both. Qualify design identity, not the individual paper impression. The other downloaded 1907 source is a different bust with dark coat facing left; the watercolour/tempera option was excluded on material evidence before downloading. This reproduction matches the printed design associated with native inventory Гр.-44088. WikiArt does not independently identify the individual paper impression as the museum holding. The source is a close rectangular monochrome reproduction of the head; it does not reproduce the native greenish oval paper sheet. Source design date 1907 and museum impression date 1908 remain separate. The source frame and colour are preserved; no additional crop was applied.

Location checked Sep 13, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.